key gen

[ihackdw]

i want to make a program that needs a key to start doing any thing and i also want to make a key gen for it just a simple one that like gets your name and crates a string from that name. iam not going to use this for key genning any prograqm i just want to know how to make a pergram that need's a key to work
how would i go about makeing this

[z05DSL3A]

There is an article on CodeProject that you may find interesting:

Product Keys Based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
By Jeffrey Walton

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/security/AESProductKey.aspx